Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 35 and 36
Item Metadata
Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 35 and 36
Date Created
1968
Subject
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sonnets; Sonnets, English -- History and criticism
Description
The following transcription of Demorest's annotations was selected and transcribed by Casper College student and Archives staff member Grace MacPherson in January of 2024.
SONNET 35
Overall Notes
Elizabeth’s grief of Surrey’s sympathies suspected = trouble for him
’36—Aske[?] heads revolt in Yorkshire—30,000 men
Cecil enters Cambr.
Cath defends Henry—loyal to him—“cate[?]”
’35—hangings of 3 Carthusian priests + a monk—over denial of Royal Supremacy
’36—Tyndale strangled and burnt at Louvain[?]- Oct[.] Betrayed by an Englishman.
’36—dissolving of Reform. Parl. begun in ’29
SONNET 36
Overall Notes
1536 = Beheading of Anne Boleyn
’36 = death of Cath. of A. on same day
’36 – Cromwell made Earl of Essex
Line 1
Two must be twain: His identity?
SONNET 35
Overall Notes
Elizabeth’s grief of Surrey’s sympathies suspected = trouble for him
’36—Aske[?] heads revolt in Yorkshire—30,000 men
Cecil enters Cambr.
Cath defends Henry—loyal to him—“cate[?]”
’35—hangings of 3 Carthusian priests + a monk—over denial of Royal Supremacy
’36—Tyndale strangled and burnt at Louvain[?]- Oct[.] Betrayed by an Englishman.
’36—dissolving of Reform. Parl. begun in ’29
SONNET 36
Overall Notes
1536 = Beheading of Anne Boleyn
’36 = death of Cath. of A. on same day
’36 – Cromwell made Earl of Essex
Line 1
Two must be twain: His identity?
Type
Text
Creator
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William
Language
ENG, LAT
Is Part Of
Margaret Demorest Papers, CCA 10.2011.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
CCA 10.2011.01_Demorest_Sonnets_35_36
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 35 and 36,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed August 19, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9597.